Chapter 390: Shrinking Turtle
Huangfu Yuqing smiled and looked at Sima Chong, then looked at Nangong Longze: "You men chat first, and I will go to the yard with the crown princess."
Obviously, Huangfu Yuqing hopes to take this opportunity to establish a good relationship between Nangong Longze and Sima Chong. Since Sima Chong and Liu Furong appear here, it means that the man is grateful to them for what happened during the day.
Liu Furong also smiled and glanced at Sima Chong with a meaningful look. She was also a smart woman. The two men in front of her were very likely to become kings. Give them some time and space, which would inevitably promote the relationship between Xiliang and Lingyue.
Nangong Longze's face gradually softened. Although he had met with Xiliang Emperor on the border before, that time was for the truce. Although Sima Yuren ordered a truce, the trade and circulation with Lingyue Kingdom were all terminated. This only shows that the man decided to truce to take into account the overall situation. For the safety of the soldiers and the people, the chaos caused by the war was sometimes far beyond his expectations. Therefore, Sima Yuren's decision to truce did not mean that he forgave Lingyue Kingdom's rude behavior towards Princess Yudie.
Huangfu Yuqing's actions today seem to have paved the way for men. Sima Chong, the Prince of Xiliang, looks good. If he can open a window here and allow trade between Lingyue and Xiliang, it would be a good thing to do this.
Liu Furong was obviously very happy, and nodded at Sima Chong gently and movedly: "Don't your highness have something to discuss with King Pingnan? I will not disturb you..."
The two nodded as if they had reached a tacit understanding. Then Huangfu Yuqing and Liu Furong left the room together and walked towards the courtyard. At this time, Liu Furong sent the maid behind her. In the blink of an eye, only two women stood opposite each other. Liu Furong's voice was pressed down: "Today's affairs in the hall were thanks to Princess Pingnan's help, otherwise... I really don't know what the matter would turn out. Obviously, someone deliberately manipulated this matter behind the scenes, intending to frame the prince, but I don't know what this intention is?"
Because today's incident was actually caused by the Queen, but Liu Furong obviously did not believe that the Queen would deliberately target Sima Chong, because Sima Chong was adopted by Concubine De and always took charge of the Queen as the Queen's mother, and she was also raised by the Queen. Even if she had no blood relationship, she still had the nurturing love. Moreover, the Queen failed to raise a prince, so she had no reason to put Sima Chong into a dangerous situation.
"I and the Crown Princess have the same views and think that this matter must be manipulated. However, this is the family matter of Emperor Xiliang after all, and Emperor Xiliang is obviously unwilling to continue to pursue this matter in front of outsiders, so... I am not convenient to make some things explicit about me." Huangfu Yuqing said lightly, and Liu Furong nodded immediately to agree.
"Please give advice to Princess Pingnan." A light flashed across Liu Furong's beautiful almond eyes, and she stared at Huangfu Yuqing without blinking.
"Actually, even if I don't say it, the Crown Princess should be able to guess some clues..." Huangfu Yuqing said meaningfully, and a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of her lips.
"Is it...him!" Liu Furong's apricot eyes were slightly stunned, and a hint of suspicion passed by, her eyes lost focus, and she recalled something thoughtfully. Then the water eyes fell on Huangfu Yuqing's face, as if she wanted to see the answer from a woman's face.
"In short, for that person... the Crown Princess must remind the Crown Prince to take precautions. There are also the Xiliang Emperor, the Empress and Princess Yudie, who are probably still covered in his appearance at the moment, but the paper cannot contain the fire after all. People with evil thoughts will sooner or later reveal their fox tail." Huangfu Yuqing nodded slowly. It seemed that the Crown Princess really understood at one point, and had guessed a few points.
"Thank you, Princess Pingnan, for reminding me that since you insist on leaving, it's not easy for me to force you. I just hope you are more careful along the way." Liu Furong nodded slowly and said in a low voice with a serious and deep voice.
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The next day, although Sima Yuren did not see him off, Sima Chong and Liu Furong kept sending Huangfu Yuqing to the palace gate. After chatting for most of the night last night, some agreement seemed to have been reached between the two men.
"Pingnan King, please rest assured. After a while, I will definitely choose a suitable time to propose a proposal to my father. I believe that when the anger in my father's heart calms down, I will definitely regret some of the reckless decisions I made at the beginning." Sima Chong had a gentle and kind smile on his face. Although his voice was not loud, it was strong and powerful, revealing the promises of gentlemen.
"Then it's time for the prince to bother." Nangong Longze nodded, Huangfu Yuqing, who was beside him, finally smiled friendly at Sima Chong and his wife, and then stepped into the carriage and left.
In addition to a few guards, Nangong Longze and Nangong Longyan were traveling in a simple manner and quickly returned to the direction of Lingyue Kingdom along the road.
After leaving the city gate, the more I walked out of the suburbs, the more I felt the atmosphere was terrible. A strange color flashed across Huangfu Yuqing's water eyes, and she narrowed towards the two men sitting opposite her. Seeing that the man's eyes also showed a flash of vigilance. It seemed that she was not the only one who noticed the strangeness, but they also discovered something.
"Prince, it seems something is wrong-" The guard's nervous voice came from outside. Before he could finish his words, he saw dozens of men in black suddenly appearing in front of him, and then said: "We are ambushed."
Inside the carriage, Nangong Long Zexin's long body was slightly stiff. She raised her hand and lifted up the curtains. Her eyes full of danger suddenly looked at the carriage and ordered coldly: "Roar over!"
In fact, before leaving the city, he had already guessed that it was very likely that Nangong Longkui, who had been resurrected from the dead, would never let them go easily, not to mention that they had few guards on this trip, which was undoubtedly a god-given opportunity for the other party. Nangong Longze even speculated in his heart that facing this opportunity to eradicate himself and his third brother, the rebel Nangong Longkui might take action personally to ensure that things are foolproof.
Although he shouted to let the guards rush over, Nangong Longze knew in his heart that this fierce battle must be inevitable. He just wanted to disperse the enemy's power and then defeat it one by one. In this way, the chance of winning may be greater.
"Ze, third brother, everyone should be careful!" Huangfu Yuqing's clear water eyes could not see a trace of fear. She seemed to have been prepared for this scene. She had planned to be Nangong Longkui's style of dealing with people and things, and knew that she would encounter an ambush set by a man today.
The loud answer from the attendants came from outside the carriage. They accelerated the speed as the master ordered. They pulled the reins and threw the whip in their hand onto the horse's back. The four horses pulling the carriage galloped forward like lightning.
"Qing'er, be careful-" Nangong Longze stretched out his thick big hand and tightly grabbed the woman's shaking body. Because the carriage suddenly accelerated, she seemed a little unstable.
The warm palm passed through the fabric to the woman's body. Huangfu Yuqing was slightly stunned, and a beautiful curve was drawn up at the corner of her lips, and she smiled at the man: "Ze, don't worry about me, you should deal with the people outside first."
Before the woman could finish her words, she could hear the sound of fighting outside. The killers who were originally ambushed probably did not expect that the carriage would suddenly speed up and rush forward. In order not to let the fat meat on her mouth fly away, the assassins who were originally hiding in the dark couldn't help but emerge, surrounded the carriage into a circle, and raised the sword in their hands and stabbed it.
Feeling the howling sword wind from outside the carriage, Huangfu Yuqing's water eyes slightly opened, and her body naturally wanted to dodge to the center of the carriage, but was stopped by the man's big hands. The sharp blades outside the carriage not only failed to penetrate the carriage, but instead the clanging sound of the sharp blades breaking came from outside.
Huangfu Yuqing was slightly stunned, her eyes turned toward the man. Nangong Longze curled a smile on the corner of her lips. She glanced at Nangong Longyan beside her and said with a low smile: "This carriage was built by the third brother for a long time and money. If you can't get enough swords into it, how can they break it so easily?"
Hearing this, a hint of chuckled a little from the corner of the woman's lips. At this critical moment, the two men in the car were still as if nothing had happened, but... the carriage was designed really well, which made her unable to help but give her thumbs up at Huangfu Longyan and praised: "The performance of this carriage in the third brother is really good. I will customize one for me when I go back."
"As long as you like it, I'll give it to you when I return to the capital." Nangong Longyan said lightly. Seeing the intimate appearance of the couple, he really couldn't calm down his mood.
A familiar voice came from outside the carriage: "Don't kill, don't leave any living mouths. Except... that woman!"
Nangong Longkui! He really appeared, and Nangong Longze's deep and dark eagle eyes flashed with a hint of complexity. As expected, he came. Moreover, what he said just now caused a stir in the man's heart, making him want to jump out of the carriage and fight the man one-on-one. There are still many accounts between them that they have not settled clearly.
"Fourth brother, don't be impulsive. It's better to be calm." Nangong Longyan seemed to see the man's thoughts, and his mellow and low voice ejaculated: "As long as we can walk in the carriage, he can't do anything..."
Huangfu Yuqing heard that Nangong Longyan meant that she hoped to avoid head-on confrontation with the enemy. Although this battle seemed inevitable, he still wanted to avoid it as much as possible. However, it was not difficult to hear that the carriage they were riding in was indeed not an ordinary carriage, and even the sharp sword of the horse sword could not do anything to it. Could it be that it was made of thousand-year-old black iron?
"Shoot the arrow and attack the car window." The man was orderly directing the people outside, and he was still talking with Nangong Longkui. It was not difficult to feel from the feelings in the man's voice that he seemed to be in a good mood today.
Nangong Longyan's big hand quickly pressed the black button beside the car window. Huangfu Yuqing saw the two black irons pop up quickly. Except for a few holes left in the entire car window, the rest were blocked, and a few crisp sounds were stopped outside the car.
"Let me deal with them--" Nangong Longzehui's dark eagle eyes became even darker, and he took out a hidden dart-shaped weapon through the chair. Compared with the weapons of those outside, this small dart seemed much more mini. Huangfu Yuqing watched the man skillfully handed a arrow dart to Nangong Longyan. Two men were secretly darted from the iron rack on the car window, one left and one right, and a thin silver needle flew out from the gap. Then Huangfu Yuqing heard screams outside.
It seems that these hidden weapons are really suitable for this carriage. Although they look a little mini and pocket-sized, they are still quite useful. Looking at the attacks of two men from left to right, they can only hear harsh screams outside the car. Soon the men in black fell down one by one, fewer and fewer.
"Three brother, what do you think of my original suggestion now?" Nangong Longze's magnetic and nice voice was a little proud, and he looked sideways at the man by the other window, sat upright slightly, and asked with a look of seeking credit.
"It seems good today. I'm glad to listen to your suggestions." Nangong Longyan praised him without hesitation at this moment. It seems that the arrangement of these hidden weapons is somewhat related to the man who seeks credit.
"Luckily, my third brother listened to my advice, otherwise we would have really become a turtle in the jar today..." A chuckled appeared in Nangong Longze's eyes, and said lightly again, his body slightly leaning towards the woman beside him, and he lowered his voice: "Don't worry, with this king by your side, you will definitely be able to escape danger."
The smile on the corner of the man's lips showed a little warmth, but it seemed to be mixed with a faint ambiguousness. The big palm touched the throat slightly. The look of relaxation made the woman stunned. Because of Nangong Longkui's affairs before, there seemed to be a faint estrangement between the two. Although they were still living and traveling together, there was an indescribable strange feeling in their hearts. They always felt that under the calm appearance of the man, there was a rolling heart, and his inner emotions were not something she could control.
At this moment, when the man approached her so close, there was a rare warmth in his eyes, which was the familiar him she knew. A warm current slowly rose in his heart with a familiar look. The woman pretended to be unhappy and gave the man a cold look, and said angrily, "Dare you ask the prince, are we safe now?"
At this moment, a man's low voice suddenly came from outside the carriage: "Does the third and fourth brothers all become turtles? Or... are you afraid of confronting your brother? If the father knew that the two sons whom he was proud of were so timid, how would he feel?"
Obviously, there are words in a man’s words, and every sentence he utters can make people feel the intriguing meaning.
He could feel the strong murderous intent from outside the carriage. Huangfu Yuqing frowned slightly. Just as he was wondering whether this would be the provocation method used by Nangong Longkui, he had heard a man's voice coming from beside him. Nangong Longze also frowned and said coldly: "I don't have a brother like you. People like you who are unfaithful and unfilial are not worthy of being brothers with me. But if you want to fight with me alone, I am unwilling to ruin your fun. This time we will settle the new and old accounts together and settle them at once..."
"Ze——" Huangfu Yuqing never expected that in the blink of an eye, Nangong Longze was so excited that he was about to go out by Nangong Longkui's words. In terms of the current situation, the woman felt uneasy.
"What a courage! I just hope you don't let me wait too long..." Nangong Longkui's evil voice was filled with a low smile. Although he couldn't see his face, Huangfu Yuqing could also imagine the evil expression of a man at this moment. His laughter made her feel more and more uneasy.
"Don't go out, Ze--" Huangfu Yuqing held the man's hand tightly and murmured softly with a low voice.
Facing the tension deep in the woman's watery eyes, Nangong Longze's eyes were slightly stunned. He had just sworn out and fought with Nangong Longkui to the death. Now his whole body was about to melt into the woman's gentle eyes.
At this moment, a cold and evil smirk suddenly came from outside the carriage, and Nangong Longkui's cold voice came: "What? Did King Pingnan suddenly regret it again? But... even if you refuse to come out of the carriage, I have already thought of a good way to deal with you. Even if it is the thousand-year-old black iron that is invulnerable to swords and guns, I am afraid that fire refining? I plan to burn the fire and pile up all the red charcoal fires on the roof wheels, so I am not afraid that you will not come out..."
A burst of crazy laughter came, and it was obvious that Nangong Longkui's idea suddenly appeared was quite satisfied. The three people sitting in the carriage were almost shocked at the same time. Huangfu Yuqing's water eyes were slightly stunned. This Nangong Longkui had a lot of ghost ideas. He could actually come up with a way to attack the car with fire. You must know that although this thousand-year Xuannian is strong, the iron heat transfer speed is also extremely fast. If people outside use fire attack, they will no longer be able to calm down before the enemy breaks the defense.
"Qing'er, let me go out and defeat that traitor!" Nangong Longze's tone this time had no room for negotiation, and Huangfu Yuqing seemed to have nothing to say at this moment, so she could only give it a try.
As if seeing the worry in the woman's heart, Nangong Longze pulled a slightly contemptuous sneer on the corner of his lips and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, even if I am not good, I will not be defeated by him."
In addition to the old tent four years ago, and the hatred of taking over this wife this time, the man had already made up his mind and had to figure it out with Nangong Longkui.
"Three brother, take good care of Qing'er. I'll kill that beast to relieve my hatred." Nangong Longze finally dropped this sentence, and quickly opened the secret mechanism without looking back, and rushed off the carriage.
Chapter completed!